Medicine spoon holder



March 27, 1951 R. LUSTIG ET AL MEDIcxNE sPooN HOLDER Filed Feb. 6, 1948Rif/P L Ufff Patented Mar. 27, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MEDICINESPOON HGLDER Robert Lustig and Hana Lustig, New York, N. Y.

Application February 6, 1948, Serial No. 6,646

(Cl. Z50-327) 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a medicine spoon holder.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicine spoonholder whereby a medicine spoon can be supported in such a manner thatmedicine can be poured therein without the use of the hand other thanthe hand which is used for pouring from a bottle into the spoon as attimes when the other hand is being put to use for another purpose andwherein the spoon will remain in place until the same can be grasped bythe end and lifted to serve its contents to a patient, or to ring a bellcombined with said holder.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a medicine spoonholder which is of simple construction, easy to make, inexpensive,sturdy and adapted to provide adequate support for a spoon, convenientto use and eicient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is aperspective view of the holder with spoon thereon and the holdersupported on a table and with the same being lled by the contents frorna bottle which is being poured by a person who has only one hand free.

Fig. 2 is a collective view inelevation, showing the holder partly insection and the spoon elevated 5 from the same to remove the projectionon the bottom of the handle from the holder and to free the spoon foruse.

Referring now to the figures, I represents the holder embodying thefeatures of the present invention and li represents a spoon especiallyformed for use with the holder. The holder has a base il adapted to reston a table and an upwardly extending portion l2 which is closed at itstop to provide a flat surface i3 on which may be rested spoon Il andwhich has a hole I4 into which a depending projection l5 of the spoonmay be extended to conne and cause the spoon to be supported in such amanner that it will lie horizontally and in such a manner as to receivecontents being poured from a bottle I6 by hand ll of a person i8 who hasher hand or arm I9 occupied with the holding of an infant 2|. The holderI0 is supported upon a flat surface 22 of a table.

The base I!) is so shaped as to be narrow at the top and is formed ofpressed material so as to provide a space 23 in the bottom thereof inwhich can be dangled a bell striker 24. The upper end of the striker canbe fastened into a narrowed portion 25 and the portion l2 can serve as ahandle by which the bell striker can be caused to engage with the baseIl whereby to impart a musical ringing note whereby to effect a call forservice.

The projection t5 is made adequately long so that there is littleopportunity for the spoon to separate from the holder.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of our invention, what isclaimed'is:

A combined medicine spoon and support, cornprisng a medicine spoon,having a contents receving portion and a handle portion extending at anangle therefrom, said handle portion having a depending projectionthereon which extends at an acute angle toward the contents receivingportion, a support having a top portion with a vertically extendingopening therein of substantially the size of the projection of thehandle and adapted to receiving said projection, said projection andsaid opening in the support lying at an angle to the spoon handle whensaid spoon is in a supported position, whereby the contents receivingportion of the spoon will lie horizontally.

ROBERT LUSTIG. HANA LUSTIG.

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